 Rastacouere (5270), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Feb 17, 2008 Hazy honey coloured. Honest white ring. DMS laden aroma. Vegetal dominance hides the honey far underneath. Cabbagey, sweet corn notes running rampant. Chaotic cereals. Not as attenuated as most honey ales. Bready tartness from the yeast. Hopless. Not pleasant.
Scauca (233), Lovere, Italy
Dec 8, 2007 Nice golden with very lasting creamy head. Scent of honey, flowers, but very yeasty.
MartinT (4316), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dec 2, 2007 My Bottom Line:
Yeast phenols crowd the honeyed sweetness, as earthy tones and fruity tartness attempt complexity. This bottle-conditioned example was probably not as clean as it should have been.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam tops the cloudy golden.
-There was probably too much yeast in the bottle to not affect the flavor profile much.
-This yeast seems to be of the weizen variety, as its phenols and esters recall cloves and plantanes.
-A light vegetal character (DMS?) emanates from the ubiquitous yeast.
-A cleaner bottle, with less yeast presence, would surely have made the honeyed sweetness more present.
Bottle at Flaveurs Bières et Caprices festival.
maxbeer (114), Italy
Feb 7, 2007 Draught at Artebirra 2006 Honey is strong in the aroma (quite good) and a bit more subdued in the mouth, with a bittersweet finish
Dorqui (1283), Brescia, Italy
Jul 7, 2006 Updated: Sep 13, 2007Draught at the brewpub.
Honey beer.
Compact and of good fulness head, optimal resistance. Beautiful golden color, light hazy and with a good and fine fizz. Amazing and most pleasant scent: immediate notes of honey, pear (lightly) and hop. Much flowery and perfumed with a small bitter tip. Lively taste but not excessive prickly. In mouth it’s sweet and soft with determined and balanced notes of honey and sugar contrasted from a modest bitter train on the end. Light perceivable alcohol. Optimal experiment.
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